Trousers supporter



I 1. w. TAYLOR. TROUSERS SUPPORTER.

FILED AUG.4, 192i.

Patented Feb. 2?, i923.

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Application filed August 4, 1921. Serial No. 469,844.

5 county of Edgecombe and State. of North Carolina, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Trousers Supporters; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description ot' the invention suchaswill enable others skilled in the'art to which it appertains, to make and use thesame.

This invention relates to improvements in devices: for supporting. m'ens trousers and it has for its principal object to de-' vise novel andsimple means for accomplish ing' this end which will permit suspenders to be entirely dispensed with, the improved devices being. such in construction that they not only serve to properly support the trousers, but also serve to'hold the y shirt down and preventit from becoming displaced.

Another and very important obj eet of the invention is to which are such. that they canbe used with shirts of different classes without injuring the latter, it being my idea to equip the shirt with detachable buttons so as not to interfere with washing and ironing of the shirt.

Other objects and advantages of the-invention will be apparent during the course of the following description.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification and in which like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughout the same;

Figure 1 is aview showing the front supporters inuse.

Figure 2 is aview showing the rear supporter applied.

Figure 3 is an enlarged detail perspective view of one of the supporters.

Figure 4 is an enlarged detail sectional view taken substantially on the plane of the line H of Fig. 1, showing the manner of equipping the shirt for attachment the button.

Figure 5 is a front elevational view of aslightly different style of shirt provided with reinforced button holes to enable my improved supporters to be used in connection therewith.

In carrying out the invention, employ for the front supporters, relatively short elastic straps 1 I simply a pair of which are 1 shirt.

provide trousers supporters provided neartheir opposite ends with re-' inforced button-holes 2. Any numben oi.

button-holes may be provided to permit thedevice to be adjusted fornraisingand lowering the. trousers to the desired height. It is understood that the button-holes are de signed to be engagedwith the usual front suspender buttons with which trousers are commonly equipped. A; member 3, preferablyin theiorm of a -wire shirtengaging:

loop of the shape indicatei'l clearly in Fig.

3 is slidably arranged on'tlie' strap intermediate the ends oithe latter and b mem her 3 is designed to'be engaged ith one of the removable buttons l carried by the This leadsme to say that different styles of shirts may necessarily have to be constructed slightly different to accomodate my improved supporters. In Fig: 1,1 have shown'the' device iii-use with a stilt bosom dress-shirt. With this form of shirt, thc

stiff bosom B is separated irom theshirt proper at the point indicated at 5 andthese separated portions are formed with buttonholes 6 through which one end oi? the'button's 41; extend. To guard, against possible loss or displacement of the buttons 4, I preier to make use of separate tabs 7 and l stitch these at '7 to the separated portions of the bosom and provide them with butto'n holes through which the opposite ends of the buttons extend. When in use, the

restricted portion of the loop 3 is engaged with the intermediate portion oi? the shank of the button as clearly indicated in Fig. 4 and by making use of the construction recited, there is less liability of the button holes being torn and little or no chance oil. the buttons becoming lost. In addition to employing the two front sup-porters, I make use of a supporter for the back of the trousers and by referring to F ig. 2, it will be seen that this supporter is a duplicate of the ones already described. with the exception that the oleastic strap is considerably longer han the strap employed for the front fasteners. Therefore, the same reference characters will apply to this supporter. With thetype of shirt under consideration, it will be seen that it is not necessary to existing shirt button will suffice.

It has been before indicated that in orderto permit efiective use of the improved supporters, it may be necessary to slightly remodel the shirts. In Fig. 5, I have disclosed an ordinary workingmans shirtsinii- 'ing the description and drawings.

lar to those worn by most men of today.

To permit use of the'improved supporters with shirts of this class, it will be necessary to form button-holes 0-- on opposite sides of the, overlapped or meetit will be seen that 0 ing ends of the shirt and I may suggest that separate pieces of material 9 be stitched to the inner side of the shirt to prevent possible tearing of the button-holes. In addition to the two front button-holes, it will be necessary to provide one in the back of the shirt for attachment of the part 3 of the rear supporter. a

The manner of using th-eimproved supporters is doubtless apparent after consider- For this reason,cit is not thought necessary to go intofurther detail regarding the use of the invention, since the description already written will enable persons skilled in this art to obtain a clear understanding of the inven- 'tion.

Since probablythe best results may be obtained with the construction and arrangeably,

rear side for connecting the meeting edges together; of a pair connected to the bosom of the shirt near the lower portion thereof, apair of short elastic straps having button-holes near their ends adapted to be engaged with the usual front Suspender-button on a pair of portions of said short straps, said loops be ing adapted to be engaged with the aforesaid detachable buttons on said bosom, an additional strap of a greater aforesaid straps, and a loop on the inter v mediate portion of said additional strap for connection to one of the buttons on the-rear side of said slnrt.

2. In combination, a stiff bosom dress shirt, the bosom of said shirt being formed near its lower edge with button-holes, tabs stitched to the inner sideof said bosom, being equipped with button-holes designed to register with the first named button-holes,

buttons removably arranged in said buttonholes. trouser supporters including straps detachably engaged with the usual suspender buttons on the trousers, said supporters including loops slidably arranged on the straps, said loops being designed to -be engaged with the shanks'of the aforesaid buttons, between the tabs and bosom, whereby there will be less liability of the buttonholes becoming torn. 1

In testimony whereof I have hereunto 'set my hand.

JAMES IV. TAYLOR.

of other buttons detach trousers, loops arranged on the intermediate length than the 

